Antithetical Time - Serena Morina

3.-19.5.2024Opening / Avajaiset 3.5.2024 18:30 - 20:30

 

"Antithetical Time is a contradictory reminder of us living now but who can only refer to the past or to the future which do not exist."

 

Serena Morina has always been fascinated by the esoteric world and through her art is playing with the notion of time in a dreamlike way.

The exhibition shows Serena's full collection: The first series "Through foreign eyes", marks the beginning of her style as hyperrealism. Telling of her travel, Serena combines the past and the present. Following is the series "Fade", in which you can recognise a change of style and a very powerful sense of mysticism where she represents moments of life in a blurry perspective. As her latest series we find "Metamorphosis", a sequence of paintings that speaks about the soul through the grief which ultimately finds peace and self-consciousness; here Serena is again going back to hyperrealism with a hint of transcendence in a fairly disturbing composition. The artworks are all connected to the time in different ways: Time as evolution. Time as frantic people against the present moment. Time as inescapable prison of thoughts.

 

Serena works with oil colours on extra-fine texture cotton canvas from Italy. The artworks frame are self built.The latest paintings are framed with ropes, a self taught method which does not have only an aesthetic purpose, but it has got a canvas tension mechanism to be considered integral part of the painting.

 

"What do you see?"

At the exhibition there is an interactive painting that gives free imagination to the visitors. During the exhibition people are invited to write, on a small notebook, what they see in the painting, opening the doors to creativity and fun!

 

Part of the exhibition includes artist's self printed tote bags and clothing with her original design.

 

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